Handling RealMedia with VirtualDubMod

[junkmalle]

What is the best codec for video compression to avi(fast and good quality)? alparysoft? huffyuv? xvid? or other? any suggestion? Thanks

I use Xvid in single pass Quantizer mode, Q=2 or 3.

[gastorgrab]

Oooooooh, it's fixed!

I can't wait to try it out.

--edit--

Yes indeed, it seems to work great now. Thanks Wilbert!
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[hddvd2]

is there a way to do this with Realvideo that is 24 fps? i am converting it to avi to play in the philips.

[junkmalle]

is there a way to do this with Realvideo that is 24 fps? i am converting it to avi to play in the philips.

Just set the fps= argument to 24, or more likely 23.976. I made separate templates for 23.976 and 29.97.

[Gi-Ma-Mi]

It seems to work now. Updated (with help) - 10oct05

I was just screwing around the other day with Gabest RealMedia Source / Splitter filter when i realized an easy way to open RealMedia files in VirtualDubMod.

I have (1)AviSynth 2.56 installed as well as the RealMedia Splitter filter that came with RealAlternative.

(1)edit - see below (Wilbert)

I made the template;

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#ASYNTHER RealMedia 30fps
[DirectShowSource("%f",30)]
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and saved as "RealMedia_30fps.avst" and placed it in the VDubMod / Template folder. (as an experiment)

Works like a charm, provided you get the framerate right!

Whats needed:

1. AviSynth 2.56
2. RealAlternative or the combination of RealPlayer and Gabest RealMedia Splitter
3. VirtualDubMod
4. AviCodec, or any application that can view the video properties of a *.RAM file
5. Notepad

Install AviSynth, and unpack VirtualDubMod to the directory of your choice.

Install RealAlternative, or if you have RealPlayer you'll need the RealMedia Source/Splitter DShow filter by Gabest (of Media Player Classic fame). The filter is available from SourceForge.net, without an installer, but InMatrix has an installer version of the same filter.

To my knowledge, there is only one file for both Win98-Me (non-Unicode), and Win2k-XP (Unicode), but InMatrix has two different installers????

This conversion relies on a built in function of VirtualDubMod, AviSynther. It's basically an AviSynth script generator, and works by using simple templates that make use of very basic AviSynth functions.

Inside the VirtualDubMod directory is a folder named "templates".



You can open them with notepad to view the contents;



(1)To create a new template simply open NotePad and past the text (without the dashes);
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#ASYNTHER DirectShow_NTSC
[DirectShowSource("%f", fps=29.97, convertfps=true)]
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or
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#ASYNTHER DirectShow_FILM
[DirectShowSource("%f", fps=23.976, convertfps=true)]
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or
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#ASYNTHER DirectShow_PAL
[DirectShowSource("%f", fps=25, convertfps=true)]
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and save to the VirtualDubMod / template directory (Assuming your source is NTSC. To be sure, use an application like AviCodec that determine the video properties) and give it a file extension of *.AVST.

I chose "DirectShow_NTSC.avst" so i could accomidate more than one framrate ("DirectShow_FILM.avst", or "DirectShow_PAL.avst").

(1)edit - see below (Wilbert)

i don't get that part
can i use this method to add the subs to the videos file at the same time too?[/quote]

[junkmalle]

can i use this method to add the subs to the videos file at the same time too?

Yes, use the AVISynth template to open the file in VirtualDubMod. Use the regular sub filters to add the subtitles.

[Gi-Ma-Mi]

junkmalle: yes, i did as what you you said(i converted a *.rmvb file into an *.avi file) but the file turns out to be really big that my harddisk can not handle, do you know why?

[junkmalle]

You probably saved as an uncompressed RGB AVI. Use Video -> Compresssion... to select a codec (Xvid?) and bitrate.

[Gi-Ma-Mi]

You probably saved as an uncompressed RGB AVI. Use Video -> Compresssion... to select a codec (Xvid?) and bitrate.

oh , thank you very much

[annabutt]

can anyone help me with this? everytime i try to make this rmvb to avi it ran out of space

[gastorgrab]

can anyone help me with this? everytime i try to make this rmvb to avi it ran out of space

It sounds like you didn't choose a video codec to compress your output video. (or you have a really small hard drive)
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[hrulik]

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[rayden54]

Is the RealMedia Splitter supposed to work with video and audio, or just audio?

[gastorgrab]

All of the above. Audio/Video, just Audio, or just Video.

RealMedia Splitter is a Directshow filter that allows your PC to play RealMedia (a source filter) AND to split a RealMedia package into two streams (Audio/Video) for playback.
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[Asakura]

hi, i tried out ur virtualdubmod guide and it worked out fine, except that it alwis hangs when i try to open a avs file.
but i had this audio synth problem, i tried ur method and it cant work so i tried reinstalling all my codecs and programs, but now when i try to open a avs file, this error pops up:


Avisynth open failure:
Script error: there is no function named "directshowsource"
(C:\abc.avs, line 1)



this is wad i put in my avs file
DirectShowSource("17.rmvb", fps=23.976, convertfps=true)

any idea whats causing the error??

to add on, i can open my avs file using the AuxSetup.exe, and click open virtualdubmod
but when im into the steam list, i cant see any formats of the bitrats for MP3 lame and MPEG3

help~~~~~~~~~~~~~~